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gridelin, n. and a.|ˈgrɪdəlɪn|
Also 7 grisdelin(e, greda-, gre(e)de-, grayde-, gridaline, gridilyon, grizelin.
[ad. F. gridelin, gris-de-lin ‘grey of flax’, flax-grey; Littré explains it as ‘a colour partaking of white and red’.]
A. n. The name of a colour, a pale purple or grey violet; sometimes, a pale red.
B. adj. Having this colour.
c1640[Shirley] Capt. Underwit ii. ii. in Bullen O. Pl. II. 345 Shall I decipher my Colours to you now? Folimort is withered, Grisdelin [ed. 1649 (‘Country Capt.’, under the name of Dk. Newcastle) ii. i. 28 reads greedeline] is absent, and Isabella is beauty. 1652H. Cogan tr. Scudery's Ibrahim ii. i. 10 The third..was in a wastcoat of gridilyon sattin. 1657R. Ligon Barbadoes (1673) 83 Sky colour, and Orange tawny, Gridaline, and Gingeline, white and Philyamort. 1663Killigrew Parson's Wed. ii. iii, His Love..fades like my Gredaline Petticote. 1665–76Rea Flora 47 They are either red..or else sadder or paler violet, graydeline, or murey purple. 1685Temple Gardening Wks. 1710 I. 184 The Burgundy [Grape] which is a Grizelin or Pale Red. 1688R. Holme Armoury i. 13/2 Colours derived from Purple..Gredeline, pale Peach. 1698Phil. Trans. XX. 465 The same vinous or Grisdeline Colour. 1712tr. Pomet's Hist. Drugs I. 41 Large Gridelin Flowers mix'd with Purple. 1791Hamilton Berthollet's Dyeing I. i. ii. iv. 199 Violets and gridelins of all shades. 1860R. Macfarlane Dyeing & Calico-pr. iii. 47 A fine gridelin, bordering upon archil, is thereby obtained; but this color has no permanence. |